Both Sookie and Godric stared at Matthias. They couldn't believe what they had heard. The child didn't belong to Matthias? But how could that be? How was that possible? Tears began to fill Sookie's eyes, she was so tired of all the bullshit, and so damn confused. She just wanted to go to sleep. Matthias' gaze fell on her once more.
"You may go upstairs and pick out a guest room if you'd like."
He knew she was tired. He was so damn aggravating. She violently shook her head.
"What do you mean the child isn't yours?" Godric asked with a whisper.
"I mean just that, my child, no riddles tonight."
"Then whose is it?"
Godric looked at Sookie, as if expecting a answer from her. Just then the big double doors opened again and Sookie's heart dropped as she and Godric both watched Eric walk in. Godric's gaze fell to the floor.
"Eric?! I felt you here. Why?"
Eric didn't answer, he looked to Matthias.
"He is not your maker Eric answer me now!"
"I am here because your maker asked me to be."
"How long have you been here?"
"A few days."
"Why?"
Matthias shifted in his seat and decided that it was his turn to speak up, for Eric's safety.
"I brought him here to help me with a task."
"What kind of task?"
Matthias and Eric shared a longing look before turning back to Godric. Eric stepped forward to get closer to his maker.
"Godric, Matthias and I have noticed over the last few centuries that your attitude and demeanor towards life has deteriorated greatly."
"And what does that have to do with the matter at hand?"
"We only wanted you to be happier. To be loved and to have someone to love."
Matthias took over from here.
"What your child says is true. Eric came to me months before and informed me of your attachment to this intriguing girl, who happens to be a fairy, I thought that she would be perfect for you. Not human, but not vampire either, the creatures you seem to hate so much these days."
"You thought she would be perfect for me!? What you tied us together!? She was already mine, without your forsaken help."
"No I only decided to help strengthen your bond. The fairies made that easy for me when they asked me to summon you to get you out of the way. It gave me an excuse to get Sookie and give her my gift."
"Your gift!?"
"Yes, my gift to you, to the both of you, but first and foremost to you."
"You have no idea how much I loathe you right now."
"What you saw that night between Sookie and I was a ritual. I needed Eric to get a vial of your blood. That wasn't too hard seeing how the two of you have an active sexual relationship. I used your blood and my magic to impregnate Sookie with your child. This gives you a chance to have a family. Something Eric and I both know you have always wanted. We saw the loneliness that had manifested itself inside of you over all these years. It simply just would not do. So we gave you a reason for living, a reason to fight and be the vampire you once were. Your thoughts of suicide my child, are long gone. You can't leave Sookie and your child, who would protect them?"
Godric stared in wonder at Matthias and his child. He still couldn't believe the conversation that they were having. It all hit Sookie all of a sudden, the reason that Eric told her he couldn't love her, the reason he was trying to hide from his feelings in the beginning, and the reason he had been avoiding her during her pregnancy. This was all part of his and Matthias' plan to make Godric happy again. And she was just their tool. She had been used. It was true that she loved Godric, but even if she hadn't of fallen for him, these two would have made her fall in love with him.
"How could you?"
Everyone turned to see a very angry, pregnant, fairy girl glaring at them. Sookie was beyond anger, she was livid. She was nobody's tool or toy, she was her own person and she would be damned if she allowed herself or her baby to be part of a plan like this, an entrapment of sorts.
"You used me!"
"Sweetheart, we did not use you. You need to calm down so that you don't hurt the child."
"FUCK THE BABY! FOR NOW, JUST FOR NOW, FUCK YOU, FUCK ERIC, FUCK GODRIC, AND FUCK THE BABY. I AM SO FED UP WITH THIS SHIT. FROM DAY ONE I HAVE BEEN USED, ABUSED, MISTREATED, WALKED ON... NEED I GO ON?"
The vampires all watched with baffled expressions as Sookie vented. Her hands had started glowing again, skipped the white and went straight to a reddish orange kind of color, like deep fire. Pieces of furniture began to light up on fire as she continued raving.
"Stop treating me like a god damned, mindless fuckin human."
And with that Sookie stood up and rushed out of the room and the house. She was too far from Dallas, but she was sure she could get Isabel to wire her the money. She would then catch the first flight home. She felt Godric's hurt through their bond but she didn't care she was tired of this and just wanted it all to be over, all the chaos and the bullshit. She began to cry as she waited outside of the giant mansion. She took out her phone and called Isabel. It rang twice and then was answered.
"This is Isabel."
"Isabel, it's me Sookie. Do you think you could wire me money for a fligflight home?"
Sookie asked through uncontrollable sobs. Isabel told her that she would be there as soon as she could and to not move a muscle. Sookie thanked her and hung up the phone. Isabel said it would take a few hours to drive but that she would fly to get here quicker. Sookie kept thinking about how not all vampires could fly, and how lucky she was that Isabel could. She could no longer feel Godric through the bond and he hadn't come after her yet so she figured he was glad she left. She glanced back up at the mansion. For a plan so thoroughly thought through and conjured up, Matthias and Eric sure were giving up easily.
